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stroke and his cpver. In the honours of relationship, Zaluah 

 reckons Lalaack, sire of Mahat, sire of Kallack, and the 

 unique Alket, sire of Manasseth, sire of Alsheh, father of 

 the race down to the famous horse, the sire of Lahalala ; — 

 and to him be ever abundance of green meat, and corn, and 

 water of life, as a reward from the tribe of Zazhalah, for 

 the fire of his cover ; and many a thousand branches shade 

 his carcass, from the hysena of the tomb, from the howling 

 wolf of the desert ; and let the tribe of Zazhalah present 

 him with a festival within an enclosure of walls, and let 

 thousands assemble at the rising of the sun, in troops, 

 hastily, where the tribe holds up under a canopy of celestial 

 signs within the walls ; the saddle, with the name and 

 family of the possessors. Then let them strike the hands 

 with a loud noise incessantly, and pray to God for immunity 

 for the tribe of Zoab, the inspired tribe/' 



The Arabs have a breed of horses which they pretend is 

 descended from the stud of King Solomon ; but this, of 

 course, is not the case ; at all events, exceedingly unlikely. 



The Persian, Tartar, and Turkish horses are all somewhat 

 similar to the Arabian, but not so perfect in their symmetry. 



THE PERSIAN HORSE. 



From the most remote ages Persia has been famous for 

 its breed of horses, which even now are only excelled by the 

 Arabian breed. The former, however, were noted for their 

 excellence long before we have any account of the latter. 

 The Persian horse is considerably larger than the Arabian. 

 The neck is beautifully arched, with a finely-formed crupper, 

 and the whole frame more developed. We are informed by 

 historians that Alexander the Great considered a Persian 

 horse as a gift of the highest value ; it was one which he 

 only bestowed on potentates, and favourites of the first class. 



